Flow Environment on Cultured Endothelial Cells Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease occurring in specific sections of the cardiovascular tree such as the carotid and the coronary arteries. Previous studies proposed a strong correlation between plaque localization and blood flow patterns in specific sections of the arteries. In order to elucidat...

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Main Author: Pezzoli, Massimiliano
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19826